Art In Bangladesh Essay

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Introduction Bangladesh is the soil of rich culture with the rich ethnic background, and this background lays on the geographic location of Bangladesh. This place is the home of fertile and well-watered plain land of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra and it gave Bangladesh an agrarian society. Bangladesh lives on the periphery of Indian and Chinese culture,1 this is the ground of many heroic attainments, and one of the emerging economy of contemporary South-Asia. As a peaceful and prosperous land, Bengal contributed her wealth and stability to different thrones. Bengal became the part of Mughal Empire to the Delhi throne during Akhbar's period in the sixteenth century. Bengal remained the part of the Mughal Empire for several hundred years …show more content…

As Partha Mitter argues that "its [European art’s] introduction by the Raj was part of a comprehensive package that sought to reproduce the cultural values of the west".6 How was Indian art from the British perspective? One response is available by the Victorian painter, Valentine Prinsep mentioned that "Delhi painters never worked from nature, and were remarkable solely for their mechanical capacity and admirable patience".7 In the field of fine arts, the first step by the East India Company was that they tried to teach the artists of India the scientific drawing to improve their skills. They also recruited the artists from India who has the skills on perspective, chiaroscuro, and this kind of western knowledge about painting. They depicted the documents of natural history, ethnographic subjects, and The British life in India. On the other end, the artists also responded their moderate comment about the new English-educated class, the new economy and rapid westernization of Indian life. Especially, Kalighat painters from Calcutta are mentionable here for their response on westernization of Indian society (Figure 01). During that time these woodblock prints by Kalighat painters were pretty popular among one class who were against the westernization. Though nationalist thoughts were not available

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